1. UNIT #3 – URBANIZATION LESSON #1 - Immigration from Europe (114-115)

2. New Plan for Composition Book:
NEW VOCABULARY
Immigrated
Immigrants
“old” immigration
Steerage (on a ship)
Ellis Island
Ethnic groups
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What does “urbanization” mean?
Why was USA urbanize so fast?

3. “New” Immigration (1865-1914) RUN THE NUMBERS From Canada:
From Europe:
Northern and Western Europe:
Southern and Eastern Europe:
From Asia:
From Africa:
From Latin America:

4. (in thousands)
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
East
Europe
West
Europe
Latin
America
Asia
Canada

5. Where did they all go? Look a the first sentence on p. 112.
Urban (city) population grew from 1870 to 1900:
What was the % growth in that 30 years?

6. American Immigration What was the trip like?
What were reasons people left their “homeland” to go to America?
What was the trip like? p

7. American Immigration Where did they go? How did they “mix”?
What happened at Ellis Island?
Where did they go? How did they “mix”?
p. 115

8. Homework: As your parents where you’re from.
Ask them stories they have heard about when your ancestors came to America.
Call your grandparents, and ask them.
If you have “nothing or no one,” then research anything about your ancestry… find out SOMETHING about your roots.